What is the best way to cache single object within fixed timeout?
I'd use Guava's Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration(Supplier delegate, long duration, TimeUnit unit)
public class JdkVersionService {
@Inject
private JdkVersionWebService jdkVersionWebService;
// No need to check too often. Once a year will be good :)
private final Supplier<JdkVersion> latestJdkVersionCache
= Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration(jdkVersionSupplier(), 365, TimeUnit.DAYS);
public JdkVersion getLatestJdkVersion() {
return latestJdkVersionCache.get();
}
private Supplier<JdkVersion> jdkVersionSupplier() {
return new Supplier<JdkVersion>() {
public JdkVersion get() {
return jdkVersionWebService.checkLatestJdkVersion();
}
};
}
}
Update with JDK 8
Today, I would write this code differently, using JDK 8 method references and constructor injection for cleaner code:
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.function.Supplier;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
@Service
public class JdkVersionService {
private final Supplier<JdkVersion> latestJdkVersionCache;
@Inject
public JdkVersionService(JdkVersionWebService jdkVersionWebService) {
this.latestJdkVersionCache = Suppliers.memoizeWithExpiration(
jdkVersionWebService::checkLatestJdkVersion,
365, TimeUnit.DAYS
);
}
public JdkVersion getLatestJdkVersion() {
return latestJdkVersionCache.get();
}
}